vi to feel with or use the hands; to handle.
2. grope ·vt to search out by feeling in the dark; as, we groped our way at midnight.
3. grope ·vt to examine; to test; to sound.
4. grope ·vi to search or attempt to find something in the dark, or, as a blind person, by feeling; to move about hesitatingly, as in darkness or obscurity; to feel one's way, as with the hands, when one can not see.